Foundation: Israeli excavations in Silwan demolish Islamic antiquities

[Jefferson23]

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli excavations at the entrance to Wadi Hilweh in the Silwan neighborhood are destroying deep-rooted Islamic antiquities from the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphate eras, says a Palestinian Jerusalem-based group.

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage highlighted in a statement that previous excavations adjacent to the area had demolished an Islamic cemetery from the Abbasid era.

“The Israeli occupation has started new excavations carried out by the so-called Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by Gilad Organization which supports settlements.

“The excavations are on Palestinian lands the Israeli occupation confiscated and has been used as a parking lot for visitors of the settlement outpost called the City of David,” the statement said.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=667296

[loudsue]

1. Right wingers destroy history. Like bush/rumsfeld/cheney sacking the museum in baghdad.

They have no respect for anything or anybody.

[Jefferson23]

2. Yea, they have the similar mindset..destroy so as to remind them, we're coming for the rest of it,

soon.

Perhaps they have a song in their heart while they destroy any hopes for a future viable Palestinian state:

Steam Roller

[oberliner]

3. Except they are actually doing the opposite in this case

Archeological digs are not the same as sacking museums.

[loudsue]

5. Any archeological dig that is destroying parts of history is not

"doing the opposite".

In the OP: "Israeli excavations at the entrance to Wadi Hilweh in the Silwan neighborhood are destroying deep-rooted Islamic antiquities from the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphate eras, says a Palestinian Jerusalem-based group."

In a past life I did archeological digs. I know what they are.

[Mosby]

6. The article is bullshit

FYI - Maan has a long history of this.

did you miss the last paragraph:

The excavations, according to the foundation, lay the grounds to construction of a giant 8-floor Jewish center to be called the Biblical Temple.

eta: A recent example of the quality of reporting at Ma'an:

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=665772

...Azzam al-Khatib said extremist lawyer Yehuda Glick, who chairs the Temple Mount Heritage Fund, entered the mosque compound through the Moroccan Gate and later "climbed to the roof of the Dome of the Rock and verbally assaulted the guards."

Also Saturday, Palestinian security spokesman Adnan al-Dumieri told Ma'an that Israeli rightists "ascending to the roof of the Dome of the Rock" was a provocative action that would have a negative impact on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

[Jefferson23]

7. Your laughter refutes nothing...FYI. n/t

[King_David]

11. Yes agreed,

From maan, no way to tell if true or not. Looks bogus tho.

[oberliner]

8. There are civilizations built upon civilizations in that neck of the woods.

Doesn't every archeological dig in this part of the world destroy a part of history?

I wish the article had more information - like, for instance, are the Israelis doing anything to preserve those antiquities?

If they are conducting their work with complete disregard for these items, I would be surprised and disappointed.

A statement from that side would be helpful.

[Israeli]

10. hope this helps oberliner....

http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=26302

[King_David]

12. That is actually from Counterpunch. nt

[Israeli]

14. No King_David....

Its from one of our websites .....one of our Left wing websites .
Kindly read here :
http://www.kibush.co.il/about.asp?lang=1

Now look at the list of names ..... all Israelis and all Jewish , kind of blows your theories out the window , nu ?

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[Jefferson23]

4. Report: "Tel Aviv University Received Finances From Settler Group" author Friday June 14, 2013

[Thursday June 13 2013] The Arabs48 News Website has reported that the Tel Aviv University is cooperating with right wing settler groups involved in excavations in Silwan Arab town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem.

http://www.imemc.org/article/65673

[Israeli]

9. Jefferson23.....

your link has made a mistake with the name ....its not " Gilad Organization " .
should be Elad .

Ref : http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/843637/archaeologists-fear-their-work-in-jerusalem-may-be-tainted-by

[Jefferson23]

13. Yea, they did, when I googled Gilad Organization, nothing of relatedness surfaced.

Thanks for the link.